I love this Norman Rockwell painting, Going and Coming. He perfectly captures the spirit of family vacation en route and back (spot-on hilarious!). And vacation is right around the corner for the blither blather clan (including Honey-Mr B's mama). And ya'll can just imagine it's gonna bring out the best in everybody. (Yeah....right). Have ya'll noticed that the best part of vacation is right before vacation. You're living in this fuzzy state of excitement and energy and you're busily planning and fantasizing about the joy inducing activities your clan will happily engage in together. But you've done no laundry or packing and there's still money in the checking account and you haven't even left your own driveway, and it all seems so....lovely. Until your screaming about laundry the night before, the van needs an oil change and tune up immediately, the vet didn't fax over the papers to the kennel, someone can't find his boogie board (mission critical), the chairs from last year are broken, and the cooler has a hole in it, and getting out of your own town takes 3 hours. I would like to say that we are our better selves on vacay; that we exemplify peace and harmony and family bonding. But Mr B and I are gonna have a fuss...or two...at some point. And lil brother will run amok...and big kid will mope....and did I say that Honey's coming along, too???
So real life is gonna happen-even on vacation. Cause real life never takes a vacation... And the only rest I'm gonna get is when I finally return home and am reunited with my pillow and the Vick's Vapor Rub that I forgot on the nightstand.
But s'riously...I Can't Wait!!!
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